Rail-joint.



L. KNAAK.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30, 1913. 1,075,654, Patented Oct. 14, 1913'. iF/QQ. I j i fg.. f /5 fr /0 5 /0 l 2 2 /Lf Q WITNESSES Q n NVENTOR m f@ ATTORNEYZ LOUIS KNAAK, OF MCDONALD, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 141, 1913.

Application led January 30, 1913. Serial No. 745,197.

To all whom z' may concern.'

Be it known that I, LOUIS KNAAK, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at `McDonald, in the county of lVashington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

rlhis invention relates to rail joints, and the primary object of my invention is the provision of simple and effective means in a manner hereinafter set forth, for connecting the abutting or confronting ends of rails, whereby said rails cannot become laterally or vertically disposed relatively to a tie or other support upon which they are mounted.

Another object of this invention is to obviate the necessity of using bolts or nuts for connecting the splice bars or base plates of rails, thereby saving considerable time and labor heretofore necessary when using bolts and nuts.

A further object of this invention is to provide a rail joint consisting of comparatively few parts that are inexpensive to manufacture, easy to install and highly eilicient for the purposes for which they are intended.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention resides in a novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rail joint in accordance with my invention. Fig. 9. is a horizontal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the rail joint taken on the line III- III of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a similar view taken on the line IV-IV of Fig. 2.

Further describing my invention in detail with reference to the drawing wherein like numerals denote corresponding parts throughout :-1 denotes the abutting or confronting ends of rails that have the webs 2 thereof provided with openings 3 and 4. The confronting or abutting ends of the webs 2 have communicating slots 5 and these slots receive a flat tongue 6 that is formed integral with the inner side of a splice-bar 7 bracing the sides of the rails 1. The

tongue 6 extends into an oblong opening S provided therefor in an enlargement 9 that forms part of a splice-bar 10, said splicebar bracing the rails l opposite the splicebar 7. The enlargement 9 is intermediate the ends of the splice-bar 10 and at such a point as to support and brace the heads of the rails 1, at the confronting or abutting ends thereof. The flat tongue 6 is locked in engagement with the enlargement 9 by a tapering key 11 and this key is prevented from becoming displaced by a Cotter pin 12 arranged in one of the openings 18 provided therefor in the key 11.

The splice-bar 10 is provided with openings 14 and these openings receive pins 15, carried by the inner side of the splice-bar 7. The pins 15 extend through the openings 8 of the rail webs 2 and said pins are locked in engagement with the splice-bar 10 by cotter pins 16.

The inner side of the splice-bar 10 is provided with pins 17 and these pins extend into the openings 4 of the rail webs 2. The pins 17 simply coperate with the pins 15 and the flat tongue 6 in preventing longitudinal and lateral displacement of one rail relatively to another.

It is thought that the manner of assembling the parts of the rail joint willv be apparent without further description, and while in the drawing there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, I desire it to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible of such changes as are permissible by the appended claim.

vWhat I claim is A rail joint comprising a splice bar adapted to be positioned at the side of a pair of rails and having its inner face centrally formed with a flat elongated tongue adapted to extend through the webs of the rails, said splice bar further having its inner face formed with cylindrical pins adapted to project through the webs of the rails, a splice bar adapted to be positioned against the opposite side of said rails and having its outer face formed centrally with an enlargement of a width to overlap the base iianges of the rails, said enlargement formed with a longitudinally extending rectangular opening for the passage of said tongue, said pins projecting through the last mentioned splice bars, means for locking said pins in position, a wedge extending through said tongue and engaging said enlargement, In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature means for looking the Wedge in position, in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

and said last mentioned splice bar having -LOUIS KNAAK its inner face formed with cylindrical pins adapted to extend through the Webs of the Witnesses: rails and terminate adjacent the first men- L. V. DELOCHE, o tioned Splice bar. W. G. KNAAK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve lcents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

